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Coaching Staff

John E Flanagan

Head Coach

John began his coaching career after his graduation from Auburn University where he was a member of the NCAA National Championship Swim Team in 1997 and a 4 year National Team member. John is a distance freestyle specialist where his swimming career continued to excel after college by winning the 10K National Open Water Championship in 2001. John’s international fame came from a gold medal in the 1998 World Championships and the 1999 Pan Pacific Championships. John also competed as a professional triathlete with an 8:49 best Ironman. He was first out of the water at the 2009 Ironman World Championships and holds numerous 70.3 and Ironman Swim Records.

John combines his coaching strengths with his brother Kevin, as they share the Head Coach responsibilities at the Kamehameha Swim Club. He joined KSC in 2001 and has seen the team win 29 straight Hawaii State Championships. John and Kevin have taken KSC swimmers to a USA National Title, the 2008 Olympic games, Olympic Trials, Senior Nationals, Junior Nationals, Sectionals, and Zones. Along the way KSC swimmers have broke over 400 Hawaii State Records and also include Sectional and Zone Champions. John is an ASCA Level 5 coach with a Masters in Exercise Physiology from the University of Hawaii.

Kevin Flanagan

Head Coach

Kevin took over the reigns as Head Coach of KSC in 2000 where he has led the team, along with his brother John, to 29 straight Hawaii State Championships. The Head Coaches have coached KSC swimmers to a USA National Title, the 2008 Olympic Games, Olympic Trials, Senior Nationals, Junior Nationals, Sectionals, and Zones. Along the way KSC swimmers have broke over 400 Hawaii State Records and also include Sectional and Zone Champions. Kevin graduated in 2000 as a two-time All American swimmer at Florida State University where he was a conference and school record holder. Kevin won three high school swim championships while at Punahou and was a High School All American. He is a two time American Swim Coaches Association (ASCA) Hawaii State Coach of the Year.

Lisa E Johnson

Age Group Coach

Robin K Flanagan

Age Group Coach

Coach Robin started coaching under the guidance of Olympic gold medal winner Rowdy Gaines and has been coaching for over 20 years. She coaches the Junior Silver group at the Oahu Club in Hawaii Kai, specializing in stroke development and training of the 10 and under swimmers. Under her guidance, the Junior Silver program has produced successful swimmers at all levels including States, Western Zones, Age Group Sectionals, and Hawaii State Record Holders.

Kimberlee Cadell

Age Group Coach

Kimberlee began her swimming journey at KSC in 2000 under Coach John and Kevin. What started off as a casual after school activity grew into a love of training hard and competing. After 9 years with KSC, she went off to swim at the University of Pittsburgh where she focused on the 100 and 200 breaststroke events while earning a degree in English Writing. Kimberlee coaches the age group swimmers at the Kamehameha location and is excited to be back on deck with KSC.

Natalie Nation

Age Group Coach

Natalie started her swimming career in Houston, Texas when she was 3 years old. She was a competitive swimmer for 15 years on her team, the Houston Swim Club, and a national team member for four years until she moved out to Hawaii to swim for the University of Hawaii. Her favorite events included the 100 and 200 freestyle, but she also enjoyed sprinting backstroke and butterfly.

Now graduated from UH with a Sports and Wellness of Human Nutrition degree, Natalie coaches the Menehune and Nai’a swimmers at the Kamehameha location. She emphasizes the basic techniques of swimming while encouraging her swimmers to have fun and share in the passion of the sport she loves.

Anna Marie Watkins

Age Group Coach

Anna Marie started her coaching career under head coach Don Chong “several’ years ago . . . and even coached Coach Kevin when he was about 10 years old! Now she coaches the Bronze 1 and Bronze 2 groups at the Oahu Club and specializes in teaching the basic elements of competitive swimming with emphasis on proper stroke technique, drills, starts, turns, following the pace clock and proper training and competitive etiquette.

Anna Marie started swimming competitively when she was seven years old. Since then she:

-Swam for and was the team captain of the Kaiser High School Swim Team

-Swam for the University of Hawaii

-Changed schools and swam for Humboldt State University in California where she was a team captain, won the “Most Inspirational” award all 3 years she was there, and became an assistant coach during her senior year

-Came back to Hawaii and won the North Shore Swim Series for women

-had her best finish in the Waikiki Rough Water Swim finishing as the fourth woman overall and the 1st Hawaii female

-was selected three times to compete in the Olympic Sports Festival for water polo

-Most recently earned the honor of All-American for the 2016 Master’s National Water Polo Championships in the 50+ division.

Curtiss G Balwin

Age Group Coach

?Curtiss Baldwin started his swimming career at age 5 under head coach Dreama Carrol, for Seasiders Swim Club on the North Shore of Oahu. He later swam and played water polo at the Varsity level all four years of High-school at Punahou High and Intermediate. Being a sprinter, Curtiss's favorite events included the 100 fly, 50 free and all Medley relays. He decided to go the Water polo route for college playing Division 1, at California State University of Long Beach while participating in their swim club program. During his time at college,Curtiss actively participated in coaching both swim and water polo youth programs.

After college and spending some time abroad, Curtiss returned to Oahu and joined the coaching staff of KSC in 2012. Curtiss coaches the Bronze 1 level focusing on stroke technique, drills, starts, turns, and swim etiquette. He also runs the KSC water polo club teaching basic fundamentals while preparing junior players for Intermediate and High school water polo.

Luke Warren Barnes

Age Group Coach

Born and raised in Tulsa Oklahoma in the small community of Berryhill.

I began my aquatic adventures through Boy Scouts of America getting my Mile Swim Badge, scuba certification and a 10 day High Adventure canoe trek into Minnesota and Canada. Lifeguard certification lead me to become waterfront director at YMCA Camp Takatoka for 3 summers in a row. I also was head lifeguard and teaching swim lessons at the downtown Tulsa YMCA between summers. My move to Hawaii at the age of 21 helped me to further peruse my aquatic dreams. I found the Oahu Club and have been living out my dream teaching swim lessons and coaching swim team ever since.